Free Software Takes on Microsoft Office May 10, 2008, 16 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5511 reads) (Other stories by Jim Finkle)
"Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lotus.com).
"It performs work for which he used to rely on Microsoft Corp's Word word processor, Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation builder, all components of the Microsoft Office software suite..."